Readme (v1.01)

Story

Bread and Butter is an arcade style action game for the Sega Master System
(or emulator). You run, jump, climb and float on balloons to avoid wild
animals and collect the super-sized ingredients to bake the Bread of Legend.

Bread is a girl with brown hair who always wears an apron and a chef's hat.
She wants to become the greatest baker in existance and things such as
danger and common sense won't stand in her way! Butter is just a fat boy
in a green shirt with blond hair who loves to eat. So he follows
Bread everywhere she goes, for food is soon to follow.

It is Bread's life goal to bake the Bread of Legend. The ingredients are
rare and hidden in very dangerous places. Bread sets off without
hesitation to collect the ingredients. Butter warns Bread of the
dangers, but she doesn't listen. Butter still follows, as his
stomach always gets the better of him.

Collect the ingredients from 8 different stages as you go for
the high score!

Goal

The goal in each level is to collect 9 of the ingredient presented at the
top-center of the screen. The number to the right of the ingredient shows
you how many are collected. Bread gets one point for each ingredient
she collects. Butter gets one point for each ingredient he collects. Bread's
score and number of lives is in the upper-left of the screen. Butter's
score and number of lives is in the upper-right of the screen.

When 9 of the ingredient are collected, the word "GOAL!" appears
on the screen. Player 1 or 2 can press button 1 to continue to the
next level. When Bread OR_ Butter are reduced to zero (0) lives,
"GAME OVER" appears on the screen and both player's scores are
listed on the screen. Player 1 or player 2 can press button 1
to return to the title screen.

The game consists of 8 levels that repeat until a player scores 9999
points or a player is reduced to zero lives. But getting 9999 points
requires the completion of 1111 levels! (more if two are playing!)
Each player only gets 3 lives to start the game. There is no way
to get additional lives during the game. See how high you can get
your score before your lives run out!

Instructions

Bread and Butter is a 2 player simultaneous game for the Sega Master System
(and its emulators). Player 1 controls Bread, the girl in the white apron with
a chef's hat. Player 2 controls Butter, the really fat boy in the green shirt
with blond hair. Each player starts in a safe zone where the wild animals
won't go. When you die, you will respawn to this safe zone.

These controls are the same for every level:

RESET

Go back to the title screen and erase all score information.

PAUSE

Press the PAUSE to pause the game. All sound and movement stop until the PAUSE button is pressed again to resume the game.

RIGHT

Move the character to the right.

LEFT

Move the character to the left.

Button 1

Make the character jump. Hold down on the jump button for a higher jump. The character will start to fall when the jump button is released or when the maximum jump height is reached. You will not be able to jump again until you touch the ground.

These controls only exist for levels with vines:

UP

Climb up a vine.

DOWN

Slide down a vine.

These controls only exist for levels where the character is
holding onto a giant balloon:

UP

Move the player up. There is a ceiling you won't be able to move beyond.

DOWN

Move the layer down. There is a floor you won't be able to move beyond.

Button 1 does not apply to giant balloon stages.

Version 1.01 - Challenge modes

Player 1 can select from 1 of 4 challenge modes at the title screen.

+

= Start game with 1 life.

+

= Game ends after 4 minute timer expires.

+

= Game ends after 8 minute timer expires.

+

= Game ends when player 1 or player 2 scores 50 points.

Just pressing 1 starts the game with 3 lives and
no additional restrictions.

Version Differences

Version 1.00

256kb game, all 8 stages are included.

Version 1.01

48kb game, for a cartridge without mapping logic

Contains levels 1, 2 and 3 only.

Adds 4 challenge modes selectable by player 1.

Credits

Main Program

V. Crisafulli (VAC)

Testers/Quality Assurance

(only first names are used to protect the innocent) Matt, Anne, Joey, Paul, Jason

Special Thanks

to my wife Lisa for not killing me during the season long development of this game, my dog Gidget for supporting me every step of the way by learning how to pull the socks right off my feet so she can bite my toes.